We thought it might encourage participation.” Using lottery incentives to improve LibQUAL+(TM) response rates among students

Libraries deploying the LibQUAL+™ survey can offer a lottery incentive and many do in the hope of increasing response rates. Other libraries may be prohibited from offering one because of Institutional Review Board restrictions, as is the case at [institution name]. We wanted to discover why libraries offer lottery incentives and what kinds and if they believe these incentives have a positive impact on their response rates. The responding libraries hold a general belief that lottery incentives are effective but base this on feeling rather than research. We examine what the literature says about lottery incentives and student populations

VALIDATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FILM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

Biomechanical studies have moved into more flexible film analysis techniques with the onset of computer technology. A number of these techniques have allowed for the analysis of sport movements in three dimensions instead of the more restricted two-dimensional setting (Anderson, 1970; Bergemann. 1974; Martin & Pongratz, 1974; Miller & Petak, 1973; and VanGheluwe, 1974). Methods have been developed that use three-dimensional film analysis but require special metric cameras (Ayoub, Ayoub, & Bamsey, 1970; Bullock, 1974; Bullock & Harley, 1972; Lippert, Hussain, & Veress. 1974). A technique that utilizes nonmetric cameras was developed by Abdel-Aziz and Karara (1971) for still cameras, and later adapted for use with high speed cameras. This method is referred to as direct linear transfornation (DLT). The DLT process allows for data collected from two different cameras to be merged into three-dimensional output (Shapiro, 1980). A computer program written by Marzan and Karara (1975) performs the complicated mathematical equations associated with DLT. Verification of this program was necessary because of program changes made when adapting it from one computer system to another

Skiddy Street: Prostitution and Vice in Denison, Texas, 1872-1922

Prostitution was a rampant and thriving industry in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Texas. Due to the arrival of the M.K. and T. Railroad, the city of Denison became a frontier boomtown and prostitution as well as other vice elements grew alongside the town. Skiddy Street was one road south of Main Street in Denison and housed the most notorious brothels and saloons in the city. In the late nineteenth century, few national laws were present to regulate red-light districts and those that existed were largely ignored. Economically, prostitution was an important addition to the coffers of cities such as Denison, and through taxing and licensing of prostitutes, city leaders profited off of the vice industry. The early decades of the twentieth century led to changes in the toleration of prostitution and red-light districts on the national level. Progressive reform movements, temperance, World War I, and the National Railroad Shopmen’s strike, each contributed to the dissolution of Skiddy Street in Denison as toleration and open acceptance of prostitution waned. This study attempts to understand how and why prostitution thrived during Denison’s early frontier days, who some of the prostitutes were that plied their trade on Skiddy Street, and how national, state, and local changes in the early twentieth century led to the termination of most red-light districts, including Denison’s

We Thought it Might Encourage Participation.” Using Lottery Incentives to Improve LibQUAL+(TM) Response Rates Among Students

Libraries deploying the LibQUAL+™ survey can offer a lottery incentive and many do in the hope of increasing response rates. Other libraries may be prohibited from offering one because of Institutional Review Board restrictions, as is the case at [institution name]. We wanted to discover why libraries offer lottery incentives and what kinds and if they believe these incentives have a positive impact on their response rates. The responding libraries hold a general belief that lottery incentives are effective but base this on feeling rather than research. We examine what the literature says about lottery incentives and student populations

We hope it helps : The impact of incentives on LibQual+ Response Rates

Purpose: Our research focuses on the question: what is the perception among librarians of the impact of lottery incentives on response rates to the LibQual+ survey? Design/Methodology/Approach: A LibQual+ incentives survey was developed by the researchers to find out why administrators do or do not offer incentives, what types of incentives are offered, and what the perception is of the impact of lottery incentives for the LibQual+ survey. The 25-item questionnaire was administered to all 124 US and Canadian (English language only) academic libraries (excluding community college) that participated in LibQual+ in 2010. Additionally, data for the LibQual+ data repository provided additional information on the 124 institutions including response rate broken down by population, potential respondent pool size, and survey used. Findings: We received a 31% response rate to the survey. While the results should be viewed with caution due to the sample, the findings are revealing in the type of advertising used, the amount and type of incentives offered, and if the LibQual+ administrators felt the incentives made an impact on their response rates. Incentives are only one variable to help increase response rate, especially among students. Based on extensive literature on incentives, alternatives are offered and suggestions made for combining different methodologies, including offered prepaid incentives. Practical implications/Value: Every LibQual+ administrator needs to determine whether they will offer an incentive(s) and if so, what kind of incentives and how much needs to be determined. Our research shows that LibQual+ administrators make the decision mainly based on past practice or a sense of competition with other surveys on campus. However, there is extensive literature on the use of incentives and what amounts can impact response rate. Our research can help LibQual+ administrators make more educated decisions about incentives before implementing LibQual+

From Typologies to Portraits: Catherine Opie\u27s Photographic Manipulations of Physiognomic Imagery

This thesis proposes that California contemporary photographer Catherine Opie\u27s Being and Having series (1991) and her Portrait series (1993-1996) parody the constraining binary gender discourse and stereotypes that emanate from it. In her art Opie uses familiar codes and identity discourses associated with traditional portrait photography and typological photographs to promote a postmodern and fluid model of gender identity. Her manipulation of photographic technique and subject matter validates cultural stereotypes of gender at the same time that it destabilizes them. Opie also simultaneously highlights fallacies such as the presumed objectivity and evidential force that is associated with the discourse of portrait photography as a documentary field. By presenting her portraits of lesbians to broad-based audiences in such a blatant and stylized manner, Opie comments on the limitations of society\u27s continued reliance on gender non-nativity and physiognomic modes of identifying communities

Muscle Activity During the Star Excursion Balance Test in Healthy Adults

Purpose: To determine electromyographic (EMG) activity of the hip and the trunk muscles during the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) performance in 8 reach directions